The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 2, 1972
Waning Gibbous
85.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:55 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.1%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 610
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 225.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.6° / 260.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 50m / -26.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.74° / -2.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.90° / 3.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.62° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.